I saw a thread recently about those encrypted accounts. It’s probably a very safe assumption that Crooks just like many of us had some cryptocurrency. No big deal.
The question is how much cryptocurrency did he really have
I thought I read that a lot of gamers have foreign encrypted accounts.
Most 20 year olds don't have a pot to pee in. I think it is doubtful he had a cryptocurrency account.
“I saw a thread recently about those encrypted accounts. It’s probably a very safe assumption that Crooks just like many of us had some cryptocurrency. No big deal.”
Or a Protonmail email account
Cryptocurrency or just using aa vpn to get on to programs.
I do not see that as much more than a dead-end for leads.
Far more damming is the cell phone records that place Crookes in a DC location well known as a meeting zone for confidential informants to meet with their FBI or other agency handlers. He was way out of his normal travel patterns. What was he doing there?
Did he screw up on his operational security and call somebody that he should not have called? That would be a far more productive avenue for investigators.
I would bet that has already been checked. It would be a routine part of any investigation. And too much valuable blackmail information is potentially available for the FBI to use for their own benefit, regardless of any possible directions to cover-up the conspiracy.